JETHRO TULL : LIVE AT MONTREUX 2003

  1. Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You
  2. Life Is A Long Song
  3. Bourée
  4. With You There To Help Me
  5. Pavane
  6. Empty Cafe
  7. Hunting Girl
  8. Eurology
  9. Dot Com
  10. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
  11. Fat Man
  12. Living In The Past
  13. Nothing Is Easy
  14. Beside Myself
  15. My God
  16. Budapest
  17. New Jig
  18. Aqualung
  19. Locomotive Breath

Label : Eagle Vision

Venue : Montreux Jazz Festival, Auditorium Stravinski, Montreux, Switzerland

Recording Date : July 4, 2003

Release Date : 2008

NTSC : 16:9

Length : 117 minutes

Review (Wikipedia) : Live at Montreux 2003 is een livedubbelalbum van de Britse progressieve-rockband Jethro Tull, uitgebracht in 2007. Dit dubbelalbum bevat het concert dat de band op het Montreux Jazz Festival gaf en bestaat uit een semiakoestische eerste helft en een elektrische tweede helft. Dit concert werd rechtstreeks uitgezonden op de Zwitserse televisie. Er verscheen ook een gelijknamige dvd van.

Review (AllMusic) : While the world may not need another live Jethro Tull disc recorded only two years after their last one, this sturdy, nearly two-hour 2003 gig, released simultaneously on DVD and CD (same tunes and order, but Ian Anderson's often clunky introductions are mercifully edited out of the audio-only version), finds the band in fine form. Anderson and guitarist Martin Barre, the two flagship members, effectively juggle the set to include a few new tracks and some rarities with the handful of hits ("Aqualung," "Locomotive Breath," "My God," "Living in the Past") that the fans demand out of every gig. The double disc is broken down by the band's two sets, the first being primarily acoustic-based, or at least softer material, and the second revving up the electricity and intensity. The other three members (bass, drums, and keys) are accomplished musicians who play with precision if maybe a shortage of personality. But it's really Anderson's and to a lesser extent Barre's show, and they jubilantly lead the ensemble through the blues, prog, jazz, and classical influences that have always distinguished Tull from their contemporaries. Highlights include an acoustic "Fat Man" with Barre playing flute along with Anderson, a stunning 11-minute "Budapest" from Crest of a Knave, and the exotic Middle Eastern worldbeat of "Dot Com." The sound is perfectly recorded and Anderson is in good spirits as he dips deep into the Tull catalog to dust off oldies such as "Some Day the Sun Won't Shine for You" (from the group's 1968 debut), Stand Up's "Nothing Is Easy," and Benefit's "With You There to Help Me." The band injects a twist into the hoary "Locomotive Breath" as it veers off into old British folk territory in its final two minutes, and even "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (from The Jethro Tull Christmas Album) gets a new lease on life, albeit in a slightly cheesy jazz-classical arrangement reminiscent of "Bourée." Still, this is an impressive document of a band embracing its past while pushing into fresh territory nearly four decades into its existence. Maintaining the old fan base while doing this is a tricky balancing act, but one that Anderson and Barre perform with grace and class.